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From the author of the celebrated "A People''s History of the Civil War," a new account of the Confederacy''s collapse from within. The American Confederacy, historian David Williams reveals, was in fact fighting two civil wars--an external one that we hear so much about and an internal one about…

Choose the right wine for every occasion from 500 recommended wines, from rightfully acclaimed classics to imaginative newcomers. There is a perfect wine for every occasion, no matter the budget, mood, or type of cuisine, due to the range of flavors, styles, regions, and grapes. This practical and…

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do…

In the autumn of 1915 Will Bird was working on a farm in Saskatchewan when the ghost of his brother Stephen, killed by German mines in France, appeared before him in uniform. Rattled, Bird rushed home to Nova Scotia and enlisted in the army to take his dead brother''s place. And We Go On is a…

Leftist thought and activism stands as a defining force in the articulation of political culture and policy in modern Japan. Operating from the periphery of formal political power for the most part, the Japanese Left has had an impact that extends far beyond its limited success at the ballot box.…

The transcripts of the three Kyoto School roundtable discussions of the theme of ''the standpoint of world history and Japan'' may now be judged to form the key source text of responsible Pacific War revisionism. Published in the pages of Chuo Koron , the influential magazine of enlightened elite…

Part I traces the poetics of teratology, the study of monsters, to Christian neoplatonic theology and philosophy, particularly Pseudo-Dionysius''s negative theology and his central idea that God cannot be known except by knowing what he is not. Williams argues that the principles of negative…

The central argument of Japan and the Enemies of Open Political Science is that Eurocentric blindness is not a moral but a scientific failing. In this wide-ranging critique of Western social science, Anglo-American philosophy and French theory, Williams works on the premise that Japan is the most…

Until recently, scientific and literary cultures have existed side-by-side but most often in parallel universes, without connection. The Trickster Brain: Neuroscience, Evolution, and Nature by David Williams addresses the premise that humans are a biological species stemming from the long process…

This important study is the fruit of many years of research by acclaimed maritime historian David Williams. Over the last two decades he has worked tirelessly to produce a comprehensive catalogue of all major passenger ship disasters which have occurred since 1840. This valuable book covers the…